National Museum of American History
Patent Model of a Flatbed Cylinder Web Press
Cox, Joseph L. · ca 1879
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flatbed cylinder press, granted patent number 218493. The patent details a web-fed press that printed on both strokes of the bed, doubling the usual output of cylinder presses. It also stacked, cut, and counted the sheets after printing.
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